Brass-remover for journal-boxes.



P. E. VALENTINE.

BRASS REMOVER FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-29. I916.

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BRASS REMOVER FOR'JQURNAL B0XES.

APPLIC'ATION FILED AUG-29. 1915- ].,QQULQI Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed August 29, 1916. Serial No. 117,488.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER EDWARD VALEN- 'rINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Caneyville, in the county of Grayson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Brass-Removers for Journal]3oxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in brass removers, and the invention has for its object to provide a device of the character specified especially adapted for removing brass from journal boxes of railway cars,

and wherein means is provided for grasping the brass in the journal box and for withdrawing the brass from the journal box, and wherein other means is provided for lifting the grasping means to cause the brass to clear the flange on the axle.

' In the drawings:

Figurel is a vertical section showing improvement in use;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plate for engagement by the lifting screw and its connection; an

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the support for the lifting screw.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with the journal box 1 of arailway car, in which is arranged the axle 2*, said axle having the usual marginal end flange 3 behind which is arranged the brass 4c, the brass being mounted on the aXle end in the usual manner. This brass is the provided with the usual holding lug 5 at its top and at its inner end, and it will be noticed that the side edges of the brass do not extend to the center of the axle.

The improvement comprises an angular supporting bracket consisting of a portion 1, and a portion 2 arranged at right angles 45 with respect to each other, the portion 1 being of greater length and having at the end remote from the portion 2 a lip 3 for engaging behind the inner end of the brass, in a manner shown in Fig. 2, and the said portion 1 is of a length to permit the lip 3 to engage the brass, in the manner shown, with the portion 2 spaced away from the outer end of the axle 2 A nut 6 is secured to the portion 2 of the supportin bracket, and a screw 7 is threaded t ne. the net, the crew ha ng a ha d wheel 8 at its outer end, and this screw is adapted to engage the end of the axle at its inner end. The portion 1 is provided with depending flanges 9, each of which is lonitudinally slotted to form a bearing pin 5 for the bearing 10 of a link 11. Each of these links is provided at its lower end with an inwardly extending lip 12, and each of said lips is adapted to engage beneath the adjacent side edge of the brass to permit the lifting of the brass by the links.

The links, as shown in Fig. 2, normally hang in such manner that the lips 12 will engage beneath the edges of the brass when the plate is placed on the top of the brass in the position shown in Fig. 2. I

After the device has been introduced and the lip and the hooked links have engaged the brass, the brass must be lifted above the flange or rib 3 before it can be withdrawn by means of the screw 7. The lifting is brought about by means of a screw 13 having a hand wheel 14 at one end for turning the same, and the screw is threaded through an angle bracket, consisting of a portion 15 and a portion 16'extending obliquely therefrom. The portions 15 and 16 are lapped upon each other at their junction for half their length, the portion 16 being then bent away from the portion 15 at an acute angle, and at such an angle that the angle bracket will rest smoothly upon the lower lip of the opening of the journal box, in the manner shown in Fig. 1, to support the screw 13 in vertical position. The screw is threaded through an opening in the lapped portion of the angle plate.

A table is provided on the supporting bracket for engagement by the screw, the said table 18 being directly below the nut 6 and in such position that when the device is in place the screw 13 will engage the table directly below the nut. The table has upstanding brace arms 19 which extend on opposite sides of the screw, and are secured at their upper ends to the portion 1 of the bracket, as indicated at 20. These brace arms are also secured to the portion 2 by means of rivets/or the like, as indicated at 21. A portion of the table between the arms extends directly inward as indicated at 22, and a bearing plate 23 is arranged between the arms 19 and the portion 2 for the screw, the said bearing plate being secured in place by rivets 21.

In operation the supporting bracket is arranged as shown in Fig. l, the portion 1 of the bracket being inserted withinthe journal box with the lip 3 engaging behind the inner end of the brass and with the links 11 depending upon each side of the brass. The links are engaged with the edges ofthe brass of their own weight, and they hang in now turned to lift the outer end of the supporting bracket to a point such that the outer end of the brass is behind the flange or rib 3. The screw 7 is now turned, and since the inner end thereof 1s in engagement with the axle, the'bracket 1-2 and the brass grasped thereby will be drawn out from within the journal box.

I claim 1. A device of the character specified comprising an angular supporting bracket having a portion for entering the journal box, and provided with a depending lip for engaging behind the inner end of the brass and provided with pivoted depending hooked links for engaging the edges of the brass to lift the same above the rib of the axle, and having a depending portion provided with a nut, a screw threaded through the nut for engaging the end of the axle and provided with means for turning the screw, anangle plate adapted to engage the lower lip of -the opening of the journal box and having an outstanding portion provided with a threaded opening, and a screw engaging the opening and having means for turning the same and adapted to engage the depending portion of the bracket to lift the same, for the purpose specified.

2. A device of the character specified comprising an angular supporting bracket having a portion for entering the journal box, means for grasping and lifting the brass above'the flange of the axle to per mit the brass to be withdrawn, and having a portion. provided with 'a nut, a screw I threaded through the nut for engaging the end of-the axle and provided with means for turning the screw, and means for connection with the journal box to lift the outer end of the bracket. '3. A device of the character specified comprising an angular supporting plate having a portion for entering the journal box, and a depending portion, said first named port-ion havin means for grasping the brass to lift ant withdraw the brass when the bracket is lifted and withdrawn, a screw threaded through the depending portion for engaging the end of the axle, and having means for turning the screw, and means for connection with the journal box for lifting the outer end of the bracket.

4. A device of the character specified comprising an angular supporting plate having a portion for entering the journal box, and a depending portion, said first named portion having means for grasping the brass to lift and withdraw the brass when the bracket is lifted and withdrawn, means for connection with the journal box for lifting the outer end of the bracket, and means in connection with the bracket for forcing the bracket with the brass grasped thereby outwardly and out of the journal box.

5. A device of the character specified comprising a support adapted to be introduced within the journal box above the brass, and having means for grasping the brass to permit the same to be lifted and withdrawn, means for engaging the journal box to lift the outer end of the support to release the brass from the flange of the wheel, and means in connection with the bracket for withdrawing the same from the journal box.

6. A device of the character specified comprising a support adapted to be introduced within the journal box above the brass, and having means for grasping the brass to permit the same to be lifted and withdrawn, and means for engaging the journal box to lift the outer end of the support to release the brass from the flange of the wheel.

7. A device of the character specified comprising a support adapted to be introduced within the journal box above the brass, and having means for grasping the brass to permit the same to be lifted and withdrawn, and means for lifting the outer end of the support to release the brass from the flange of the wheel;-

PETER EDWARD VALENTINE.

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